1 comment No.1497 Ľuboš Kekely (Slovakia) Original Fairy problems JF-2020/I: January – June’2020 No.1497 Ľuboš Kekely Slovakia original – 13.04.2020 Solution: (click to show/hide) white Kf7 Pd2f4h6 Rh2 Bc1d3 Sf6g8 black Pd5f5 Ka1 ser-h=24 (9+3) 1.Ka1-a2 2.Ka2-b3 3.Kb3-b4 4.Kb4-c5 5.Kc5-d4 6.Kd4*d3 7.Kd3-c2 8.Kc2-d1 9.Kd1-e1 10.Ke1-f1 { } 11.Kf1-g1 12.Kg1*h2 13.Kh2-g3 14.Kg3*f4 15.Kf4-g5 16.f5-f4 17.f4-f3 18.f3-f2 19.f2-f1=R { } 20.Rf1-e1 21.Re1-e8 22.Re8*g8 23.Kg5*h6 24.Rg8-g5 d2-d4 = { (C+ by Popeye 4.83)} Meredith. Long walk of black king. Minor promotion. Model pin stalemate. (Author)
Personally I would avoid the bishop capture and remove it. It might be more interesting to capture a white pawn on d3 unblocking the bPe4 (shifted from e5). It is probably sound.